Source code for the stock synthesis manual and other supplementary documentation.
The documentation includes:
- The Stock Synthesis user manual source code, in .tex files
- Getting started guide and Introduction to building an ss3 model guide, available in the User_Guides subdirectory
See the ss3 documentation index page for links to a PDF and HTML version of the compiled documentation from the latest Stock Synthesis release. If you would like a more detailed list of changes to Stock Synthesis in the most recent release, please see the Stock Synthesis change log.
PDF versions of the user manual are also available in the ss3 manuals folder on the vlab website.
The contributing guide contains information on how to compile locally or with github actions.
Please open an issue or submit a pull request.
If you have a question related to Stock Synthesis, please post an issue in the Stock Synthesis GitHub repository for model questions or ask it on the Stock Synthesis forums. If you have a question about the manual, please post an issue in the Stock Synthesis documentation GitHub repository, or email it to the Stock Synthesis team at nmfs.stock.synthesis@noaa.gov.
Please feel free to suggest changes by opening an issue or submitting a pull request! We also welcome your ideas for other helpful resources that could be created to help users learn Stock Synthesis.
For complete details, please see CONTRIBUTING.md.
Methot, R. D., Jr., C. R. Wetzel, I. G. Taylor, and K. Doering. 2020. Stock Synthesis User Manual Version 3.30.15. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Processed Report NMFS-NWFSC-PR-2020-05. https://doi.org/10.25923/5wpn-qt71
The following BibTeX entry can be copied and used in a .bib file:
@techreport{methot2020stock,
title={Stock Synthesis User Manual: Version 3.30.15},
author={Methot, Richard Donald and Wetzel, Chantel R and Taylor, Ian G and Doering, Kathryn L},
year={2020},
institution={U.S. Department of Commerce},
type={NOAA Processed Report Series NMFS-NWFSC-PR-2020-05},
doi={10.25923/5wpn-qt71},
}
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